diff --git a/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP.mpc b/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP.mpc
index afcc8c0a05d6c..afb4229872809 100644
--- a/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP.mpc
+++ b/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP.mpc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // -*- MPC -*-
-project(SSLIOP) : orbsvcslib, orbsvcs_output, install, security, ssl, pi_server, interceptors, tao_versioning_idl_defaults, ssliop_params_dup, svc_utils {
+project(SSLIOP) : orbsvcslib, orbsvcs_output, install, security, ssl, pi_server, interceptors, tao_versioning_idl_defaults, svc_utils {
   sharedname   = TAO_SSLIOP
   idlflags    += -Wb,export_macro=TAO_SSLIOP_Export -Wb,export_include=orbsvcs/SSLIOP/SSLIOP_Export.h -SS
   dynamicflags += TAO_SSLIOP_BUILD_DLL
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ project(SSLIOP) : orbsvcslib, orbsvcs_output, install, security, ssl, pi_server,
       ./SSLIOP/SSLIOP_TargetCredentials.cpp
       ./SSLIOP/SSLIOP_Transport.cpp
       ./SSLIOP/SSLIOP_Util.cpp
+      ./SSLIOP/params_dup.cpp
       SSLIOPC.cpp
     }
   }
diff --git a/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/params_dup.c b/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/params_dup.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bef69238401f..0000000000000
--- a/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/params_dup.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#include "params_dup.h"
-
-#include <openssl/asn1.h>
-
-DSA *
-DSAPARAMS_DUP_WRAPPER_NAME (DSA * dsa)
-{
-  return DSAparams_dup (dsa);
-}
-
-DH *
-DHPARAMS_DUP_WRAPPER_NAME (DH * dh)
-{
-  return DHparams_dup (dh);
-}
-
diff --git a/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/params_dup.cpp b/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/params_dup.cpp
index 50e7e29064827..2072af553d866 100644
--- a/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/params_dup.cpp
+++ b/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/params_dup.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-// MFC style projects on MicroSoft compilers require CPP files
-// They can't cope with c files (as MFC projects are CPP by
-// there very nature). Some other platforms incorrectly can't
-// cope with the openSSL DSAParams_dup/DHparams_dup when compiled
-// under cpp files (which is why this file duplicates the
-// params_dup.c file).
-
 #include "params_dup.h"
 #include <openssl/asn1.h>
 
diff --git a/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/ssliop_params_dup.mpb b/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/ssliop_params_dup.mpb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e40984067b32..0000000000000
--- a/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/ssliop_params_dup.mpb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-feature(mfc) {
-  Source_Files(ORBSVCS_COMPONENTS) {
-    SSLIOP {
-      ./SSLIOP/params_dup.cpp
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-feature(!mfc) {
-  Source_Files(ORBSVCS_COMPONENTS) {
-    SSLIOP {
-      ./SSLIOP/params_dup.c
-    }
-  }
-}